Folio Archives 332: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 2010
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 2010
When I first read this book about the life of a soldier during World War One, I could not believe it was fiction as it was so realistic. This is because it is really a fictionalised biography of Remarque’s and his fellow soldiers lives on the western front in the last few weeks of the war, its viscitudes and emotions. It pulls-no-punches as it describes the horrors of war. Limbs are lost, horses are destroyed, starving soldiers root through garbage for food, the troops are ravaged by poison gas and artillery bombs, and few make it out alive.
First serialized in 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitunghe, the book was published in 1929 and instantly became a literary success. Once the Nazis took power though, it was banned and burnt as Jewish propaganda.
This edition is introduced by Geoff Dyer and was translated by Brian Murdoch. The xvi + 203 page book is bound in fawn and brown cloth printed with a design based on a photograph of a bombed street at Fort Souville in 1916. There are eight bound-in pages of black & white plates and monochrome photo endpapers. The slipcase is a mottles light brown slipcase and measures 23.6x15.8cm.
The Folio Society also published an edition of All Quiet on the Western Front in 1966. This edition was translated by A.W. Wheen, had eight colour lithographs by Charles Keeping and was bound in light brown canvas blocked with a dark brown design.
1966 edition
2010 Edition
Extract from FS catalogue. Price in Australian dollars.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
When I first read this book about the life of a soldier during World War One, I could not believe it was fiction as it was so realistic. This is because it is really a fictionalised biography of Remarque’s and his fellow soldiers lives on the western front in the last few weeks of the war, its viscitudes and emotions. It pulls-no-punches as it describes the horrors of war. Limbs are lost, horses are destroyed, starving soldiers root through garbage for food, the troops are ravaged by poison gas and artillery bombs, and few make it out alive.
First serialized in 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitunghe, the book was published in 1929 and instantly became a literary success. Once the Nazis took power though, it was banned and burnt as Jewish propaganda.
This edition is introduced by Geoff Dyer and was translated by Brian Murdoch. The xvi + 203 page book is bound in fawn and brown cloth printed with a design based on a photograph of a bombed street at Fort Souville in 1916. There are eight bound-in pages of black & white plates and monochrome photo endpapers. The slipcase is a mottles light brown slipcase and measures 23.6x15.8cm.
The Folio Society also published an edition of All Quiet on the Western Front in 1966. This edition was translated by A.W. Wheen, had eight colour lithographs by Charles Keeping and was bound in light brown canvas blocked with a dark brown design.
1966 edition
2010 Edition
Extract from FS catalogue. Price in Australian dollars.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2ian_curtin
This is one of my favourite Folios, perfectly put together and a marvellous complement to a classic text.
3ubiquitousuk
Another great review, and yes this is a striking and powerful work well executed by FS.
For those interested, I also have a video review at https://youtu.be/uXDQ_RMXmSI
For those interested, I also have a video review at https://youtu.be/uXDQ_RMXmSI
4AlexBMcLeod
Fantastic read, looking for a nice copy of this book was what lead me to Folio in the first place. Safe to say i haven’t looked back
